The fire danger in Australia increased as temperatures rose to record levels across the country on Saturday, including in the suburbs of Sydney.
A Forest Corporation worker manages a fire hose as he battles a fire near Moruya, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison called up about 3,000 reservists as the threat of wildfires escalated Saturday in at least three states with two more deaths, and strong winds and high temperatures were forecast to bring flames to populated areas including the suburbs of Sydney.
He also confirmed that his scheduled visits to India and Japan later this month have been postponed. He was due to visit India from Jan. 13 to 16 and Japan immediately afterward. Morrison came under fire for taking a family vacation in Hawaii as the wildfire crisis unfolded in December. The fire danger increased as temperatures rose to record levels across Australia on Saturday, surpassing 43 degrees Celsius in Canberra, the capital, and reaching a record-high 48.9 C in Penrith, in Sydney’s western suburbs.
The two men killed on Kangaroo Island were identified as Clayton Lang, 43, a leading plastic and reconstructive surgeon from Adelaide, and bush pilot and safari trip operator Dick Lang, 78. Fitzsimmons called on residents and tourists in the path of the fires to evacuate as soon as possible.
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